SKATER

Willy Böckl

1893 - 1975

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Willy Böckl (27 January 1893 – 22 April 1975) was an Austrian figure skater. He won the World Figure Skating Championships four times and captured two silver medals at the Winter Olympics, and he also won six European Championship titles. The invention of the inside Axel jump (an Axel jump taking off from an inside edge rather than the normal outside edge) has been credited to Böckl and called the "Böckl jump".After retiring from skating, he moved to the United States and became a coach at the Skating Club of New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willy Böckl has received more than 23,983 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Willy Böckl is the 33rd most popular skater, the 749th most popular biography from Austria (down from 714th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Willy Böckls by language

Over the past year Willy Böckl has had the most page views in the with 2,153 views, followed by German (1,019), and Russian (826). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (90.43%), Catalan (55.88%), and Ukrainian (26.34%)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Willy Böckl ranks 33 out of 483. Before him are Eric Heiden, Ernst Baier, Ard Schenk, Heinrich Burger, Helena Pilejczyk, and Nancy Kerrigan. After him are Vera Ralston, Walter Jakobsson, Lidiya Skoblikova, Gundi Busch, Herma Szabo, and Anna Hübler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Willy Böckl ranks 177. Before him are James B. Conant, Eugen Schüfftan, Blind Lemon Jefferson, László Hudec, Aleksandr Gauk, and Oskari Friman. After him are Ralph Linton, Charley Chase, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Ernst Grünfeld, Amílcar Barbuy, and J. G. Strijdom. Among people deceased in 1975, Willy Böckl ranks 145. Before him are Pierre Fresnay, Plínio Salgado, Kyusaku Ogino, Mary Ure, Victor Marijnen, and Gary Thain. After him are Louis Jordan, Murray Leinster, George Marshall, Charles Journet, Morgan Taylor, and Dave Alexander.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Willy Böckl ranks 749 out of 1,424. Before him are Theodore Bikel (1924), Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759), Otmar Suitner (1922), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915), Andi Herzog (1968), and Friedrich Waismann (1896). After him are Alexander Pschill (1970), Robert Dienst (1928), Rudolf Krčil (1906), Ernst Haas (1921), Alois Mock (1934), and Franz Unger (1800).

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Among SKATERS In Austria

Among skaters born in Austria, Willy Böckl ranks 4. Before him are Karl Schäfer (1909), Helene Engelmann (1898), and Alfred Berger (1894). After him are Herma Szabo (1902), Otto Kaiser (1901), Trixi Schuba (1951), Fritzi Burger (1910), Sissy Schwarz (1936), Lilly Scholz (1903), Eva Pawlik (1927), and Kurt Oppelt (1932).

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